Extraordinary video at JFK airport – AirFranceA380…jostles…Bombardier CRJ700 while taxiing !

Posté le 12 avril 2011 de Toni G.

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This video has become a buzz since yesterday night. The Airbus A380 super-heavy jumbo jet wingtip would have clipped the tail of the CRJ700 according to some reports. The passengers were violently shaken in the cabin of the smaller plane as the Bombadier airplane was instantly pivoted around its yaw axis while… taxiing!!!

Here is the ATC voice communication when the Airbus A380 took out the CRJ700:

… and here is an – outdated – aeronautical chart to understand what happened and where on JFK International’s tarmac:

New-York City JFK international airport chart runways October 2016 — Carte périmée, NE PAS UTILISER POUR LA NAVIGATION – Outdated chart, DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION

Special thanks to Lady E and Xavier for passing the news on 😉

2nd fuselage with a hole – Southwest Airlines aircraft grounded

Posté le 3 avril 2011 de Toni G.

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-3H4 had been forced to make an emergency landing less than two years ago. Another B-737-3H4 has just had a 6′ hole in its fuselage during a flight causing sudden decompression, and emergency landing.

The NTSB is leading an investigation into exactly what happened to this Southwest Airlines flight – a 737 which had a hole come open during a flight from Phoenix to Sacramento at FL 360 (altitude: 36,000 feet that is to say almost 11 kilometers high). It was a harrowing experience for the passengers and the crew members. Watch the video: